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This is an exploration of the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media against a historical background. Focussing on a dozen mainstream films and on shemale Internet pornography, this fascinating study demonstrates the interdependency of our perceptions of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, John (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Film History.
Film and Television Studies.
Gender Studies.
Intellectual Studies.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Intellectual life > History.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures > History.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This is an exploration of the cultural representations of transvestism and transsexuality in modern screen media against a historical background. Focussing on a dozen mainstream films and on shemale Internet pornography, this fascinating study demonstrates the interdependency of our perceptions of transgender and its culturally constructed images.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 196 pages)
ISBN:9780230596337
DOI:10.1057/9780230596337